A compliment...but not.

So this weekend was memorial day and Nathans parents came down to spend it with us. It was so much fun! We went out to a couple different places and monday we went to the zoo. The Zoo here in Boise isn't much to brag about but the kids love it. Eden is just about old enough to care about looking at birds and big cats! After the zoo we went out to lunch at a place called Joes crab Shack. Its obviously a seafood place and its pretty good. The place is covered in all kinds of crazy decorations and signs. I saw a sign ( and it opened up my eyes...Just kidding!) and it read, " housework makes you ugly!" I laughed so hard, got Nathans attention and made him read it. I said, " Isn't that so funny?" and he said," yes, and no wonder you are so beautiful!" What? did you really just say that? How am I supposed to take that? Thank you that you think Im beautiful..but oh so rude that you think I don't do any house work!! Ha Ha..he was, of course, just joking around ( he knows I work my butt off around this place!) but it was still a funny, weird non compliment..but a compliment still!

Now I know how mothers feel....

Ok, so summer time is rapidly aproaching and no one is more excited about it than me..believe me. We have been stuck inside for what seems like eternity and we have had nothing much to do but drive each other crazy. Now, when I say "we" I really mean Seth and Eden... driving me crazy! So why then, do you ask, do I have a small but nevertheless there sadness about it all really starting? Well, I'll tell you. I think it has something to do about the ending of a wonderful two and a half hour break that I get from the crazy, stressful rigors of juggling two children, a dirty and laughing at me house, and a tiny furball rat dog. Thats right folks...preschool is at an end! My three days a week "mommy only" time is now taken a back burner for three whole months! AAAAAHHHHHHHH!

I know it might seem as though I am over reacting, that really it isn't that big of a deal. On the contrary, it is a very big deal. Eden usually would take nap during this time thus leaving me free to do whatever I darn well pleased. Now, she has gone to one nap a day usually after lunch and Seh is home all day...every day. Im not complaining about Seth at all, or Eden for that matter. I am complaining abut the lack of time I get to clear my head and regain my sanity. The time I need to feel like if I want to to absoultley nothing at all, there wont be anyone to stop me!!
Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!!!! Ok, I am starting to sound like a crazy person! ( I told you I needed that time or this would happen...) Now I know how all those mothers feel who have children in school. Only they have it worse off than I do, they are used to at least seven hours of no kids time, five days a week!

Man, I really need to get it together! ;-) I am actually looking forward to all the summer activities that we get to do as a family and all the sunshine we are going to have. I take comfort in knowing that even if my children are driving me nuts...at least in the summer I can shoo them into the back yard and not worry about them freezing to death!!( not hat I would have done that in the winter..come on now)

Mothers Day

So, today was mothers day and it was really nice. Nathan suprised me with breakfast (we go to church really early, so it was a big deal! ) and he got the kids ready for church so I could just focus on myself. You might not think that was a big deal, but around my house..it really is!
The primary kids sang " I often go walking" in sacrament today and it went really well. For those of you who don't know I am the primary chorister in our ward, well one of two primary choristers. So I got to go up to the front and lead them while they sang. It was Seths very first time singing in sacrament and he actually did really well. He moved his mouth like he knew the words ;-) and waved to Nathan and smiled. It was kind of sad to not be able to just sit in the congregation and watch him while he waved at me, but he did watch me lead and I was proud of him for doing so well up there!
After church I didn't have to do one thing. Nathan did the dishes and cleaned up the house and I got to take a nap. Seth made a really cute satchel in preschool for me as a gift. It has his hand prints on it and cute flowers glued around it. I decided it would be great for all my primary stuff.
It was a really nice day all together and I am so thankful for my family who love and appreciate me. I love being a mommy, even though it can be challenging at times, and I wouldn't trade my job for any other one in the whole world. My babies are so special and I love them more than words can express, even my biggest one ( nathan! ;-) hee hee hee) I am also in awe of all the other mommies out there who give so much of themselves for their families. I have many amazing friends who are incredible mothers ( including my own mom!) and who are great examples to me. Thank you so much for that. I miss you all! Happy Mothers day to you!

CRUNCHES!!!

So I have been going to aerobics for about a month now at the church we go to and I bring the kids with me. The last couple of days when ever I go to change Edens diaper..she will lift up her head and do a crunch! I say " CRUNCHES!!" everytime she does it and she just laughs histerically! Well, today at aerobics I was lying on the floor stretching out and Eden came over, layed down next to me and precedeed to do her crunches! It was the funniest thing I have ever seen! I was laughing to hard to finish my stretches, so now I am soooo sore! Though I am sure my soreness has nothing to do with working out so hard! My butt hurts so bad I can hardly walk up my stairs! Not to mention my thighs are killing me too! man, the pain it takes to be beautiful really stinks sometimes!!

A little Bon Jovi anyone?

So, the other night I was watching American Idol and I was pleasantly suprised to find out that Bon Jovi was the guest mentor. I don't think anyone knows this about me ( because its a deep, dark secret) but I am secretly obsessed with him. I think he is the most gorgeous rock star ever to be created. Sooooooo, I think Nathan thinks I am crazy, as he is watching me get all excited and flustered to watch some man whom I have never met, and never will( and who is like 20 years older than me)....talk to the contestants and then take the stage and sing! Ooooh baby! I know, I am married with kids and I'm a little old for celebrity crushes, but I can't help it. The man has a smile that knocks me over!! Anyway, thats not really what I wanted to blog about!

I am sooo excited for summer! Let me just tell ya, we have been going INSANE!!! I feel like we have been couped up in the house for years. Its so nice to just send the kids out to the back yard when they are getting too much for me! It's great to have a house, I am so thankful for Nathans job and the opportunities it has given us!

Well, I don't really have much to say today. I just wanted to write something so I didn't look like a slacker!~ ( I don't know if my secret crush was the best topic to have come up with...;-)

A new edition to the Brown family!!

I hope you didn't think I was pregnant..because I'm not!!! I do however have a new baby! His name is Koda..and he's a 7wk old pomeranian puppy!!! (Sooooooooo cute) Nathan and I have been contemplating a dog for a while now and we have been looking into all different kinds. Though, a 6-8 pound ( when he's all grown) toy dog wasn't really what Nathan was going for!! He had envisioned something bigger..and more of a retriever. He just went soft after we saw some Pomeranian puppys at the pet store and he decided they weren't so ugly after all! We didn't get Koda from the store though..800 bucks just wasn't in our price range. We found a lady online who was selling some and got him for 250,much better! He's almost potty trained,he goes outside really well and he sleeps in his kennel all night ( with only a few whines..) The kids adore him and so far he's been really good with them. Eden loves to give him his little toys and basically points, stares and says " doggy!" over and over. If he comes to close, or tries to lick her she says "no!!" Its pretty funny. Though she is like me and if he does lick her, she'll break out in hives! Other than that the kids, or myself for that matter, haven't had any alergic reactions. Normally I get all itchy and can't breath. But I have been holding him and cuddling and i'm fine!

Koda is only allowed in the kitchen and the back room for now..until he is fully potty trained we have to keep an eye on him. And, contradictory to some peoples opinions..he will NEVER be sleeping in my bed with me! ( Nathans taking bets if you care to wager...) Here are some pics of the baby boy. They aren't the best since we took them with Nates camera phone..but you get the general cute factor idea! Nathan has declared me officially spoiled.

More pictures!

Such a soccer stud!

Easter Babies!

Its been long enough...

So time for a new post. Seriously, I don't know why I never get on here and write anything. I have plenty to say and lots of time. So, I don't know.
Anyway, things have been great. Nathan still loves his job and is is doing awesome. The parade of homes is coming up soon and his company has a home they are currently building and decorating to be featured in the parade this year. We are hoping to get tickets to go. I really wan't to see all those awesome houses and get some decorating ideas. We haven't even painted or done anything around here really. We hung a few pictures, but when you have a lot of wall space a few pictures doesn't look like much! We did get some grass in our back yard. Heres that story:
Nathans company was ripping up some grass in one of their subdivisions to put in some new trees. They told us we could take all the grass we wanted. So off Nathan and I go to roll up these huge, long peices of sod. Nathan and I..all alone..just the two of us. (Oh and the kids in tow as well!) It was heavy, and hard! I am not in the best shape of my life, so you can imagine how I felt, all huffing and puffing to get these things in the truck! Anyway..so we got as much grass as we could before it got dark and then took it home and immediatly put in down in the back yard. I thought we had gotten so much that we would have extra, but to my dissmay, it barely even covered half the yard! So we have grass from our back porch to about three feet from our back fence. On the sides..don't even ask. I tell everyone that we have the ghetto yard of the neighborhood! And to top it all off, the other day we accidentally left the sprinkler running ALL NIGHT LONG! We woke up to a lake in our backyard..and the neighbors back yard behind us as well. It was so bad!! And funny at the same time! Our grass seems to be taking and coming in nice and green now though!

On another subject I have just recently taken up going to aerobics at the church here in town. Its three days a week and I get to take the kids with me. They have a blast with all the other kids there and its been so good! At least 15 women go and a few of them are from my ward. I thought it was going to be pretty easy when I first started. Ya know, how hard could a free aerobics class at the church be? Well, i'll tell ya..pretty darn hard!! My arms are hurting while typing this. My butt is so sore I have a hard time sitting and when I laugh, agony my friends, agony. (Nathan likes to take advantage of that one!) Not to mention that when I walk..it resembles a plate full of jello jigglers! Especially when I leave from the church. I seriously can barely walk! That little gal who teaches has no mercy, I swear! But it really feels great to get up and out and moving. I am hoping to lose some weight in the process of getting beat up, that would really make it all worth it! So far...I have gained two pounds. Great!! I guess I will have to give up all my junk food as well if I really want results!! :-)

The kids are doing great. Eden has learned quite a few more new words."no" is her recent favorite,( thank you Christian!) along with " go" and " yuck!" and she knows a whole sentance now! " I gotta pee!" I wonder where she learned that one...
Seth is still in preschool and I just discovered that his teacher is teaching them sign language along with their letters! Every day he holds up his hand and says " what letter is this mom?" And he signs "a" or "s" He is doing awesome! He is also in a little soccer leauge and absolutley loves it. They play on saturday morings and it isn't really "soccer" per say. Just stations that they rotate through that are supposed to help them learn the basic skills. They pass the ball to each other, jump over obsticles and try to kick the ball through two cones. They have a blast and he is so stinkin cute in his little uniform! i am going to post some pics so I will do that know..since this is getting really long!!

Edens birthday pics

Pretty good cake!

Seth is always so helpful!

Mommy made the cake!

Brother and sister!

yet again I have too much too write!

So, Here it is in the short version!
I went to Rexburg this last weekend. It was Awesome! I got to hang out with my mom and my sister and just get to be dumb for a few days. Its been a while since I got to just relax and have fun by myself. I didn't have the kids with me, so that made a big difference. Nathan had them all weekend and he did an awesome job. The house was sparkling clean when I got back and both children were alive...so I'd say it was a succes on both our parts! Now that I know he can handle it and I won't freak out at not being with them, I think I will take mini vacations from my life more often!
Rexburg was fun, but it was nice to return home to the people I love. Even though Eden was absolutely sick! She had (still has) bad diarrhea and was puking up everything she tried to eat or drink. Funny how things are perfect for Nathan and then as soon as I get home...it all goes to poop! (no pun intended!) I just feel so bad for her. There isn't really anything we can do but let the sickness run its course. Its that darned stomach flu again. I hate it! She is doing a little better now. She had a pretty high fever and we almost took her to the doctor, but I didn't want to pay obscene amounts of money for them to just tell me that she has the stomch flu and all you can do is give her pedialyte so she wont get dehydrated! That's what the nurse from the doctors office told me(well, my mom) over the phone, so I didn't feel that there was much else the ER could do.
So, other than that life has gotten back into its normal routine. Seth is at preschool today. They are going to the airport to see the helicopters, so he was so excited to be going. I was rushing out the door because we were almost late and just about as soon as we got there I heard a little voice from the back seat say, " mom, we forgot my little treat so I wont be cranky!" Shoot! I always give him a peice of cheese or a granola bar on the way over to preschool so he won't be hungry and therfore won't be cranky! I forgot it today, so we'll see how he does. I hope the overwhelming sense of joy at seeing a helicopter up close will overpower his urges to be mean!
I think I will post some pics of Edens birthday, since I can't get the vidoe up onto youtube. Have agreat day!

dumb computers...

Why am I so computer illiterate? I can't figure out how to get my home movies onto You Tube to post them on here. Am I just dumb? Everytime I go to put the movies on my computer it brings up "windows movie maker!!" and you tube doesn't accept that format...grrr! So Angela how do you do it? let me know and then I can put some cute vids of the kids up!

Anyway, so this last weekend for Presidents day we went up to Coeurd A'lene. It was sooo much fun! Its nice to get away from normal life for a while. Nathan and I actually got to go out on a date to a movie! I don't remember the last time we went out, just the two of us.
Going to Cda is always fun, but the drive is not. Its seven hours from here to there and I have a little girl who HATES being in the car for longer than ten minutes! Seth Does awesome. He'll just play or look out the window or watch a movie. Eden on the other hand just screams! The way up wasn't bad because we went late and they slept almost half the time. But coming home was terrible. Eden kept crying no matter what I did, and then she puked all over everywhere! (And angela, it is sad when your kids puke and it doesn't really phase you anymore..you just clean it up and thats that. I used to almost puke myself whenever anyone else did. huh...funny how that changes..) I get really frustrated and cranky whenever we are in the car and Eden acts up. Like, I am totally helpless to make it stop. She wont play or eat or anything! Except for baby einstine!! Oh my goodness, if it wasn't for that show, I probably would be in jail for strangling my own child! (just kidding...) She watches Baby Einstine so good! So we played that show over and over and over..Nathan and I got sick of it..but I wasn't turning it off for anything!
Now we are back and its nice to be home! Im excited for next weekend though. I get to head off to rexburg all by myself, without the kids, for mothers weekend with my mom and sis. Its going to be awesome! I hope Nathan can handle it! We shall see!

ok

So, I am going to attempt to make some you tube videos and post them on the blog...we shall see! Wish me large amounts of luck!!

why do I stink at this?

So, its been a while. I don't know why I don't get on here and post like every day, it's not like I have anything else going on that would keep me from it. Housework usually comes last on my things to do list anyway! Procrastinating just makes more work later. Now I have to write a ton of stuff to get everyone caught up..darn!

So here goes:
First, we have been sick, again. Its like never ending puking and, well, other nasty things no one wants to hear about. We get sick, get better and then get sick again! I don't know what to do! I guess I will have to spray down the house with Lysol and hope for the best. Poor Nathan had to stay home from work yesterday, which sucks because its basically vacation time he uses up. But there was no way he could go in. Man, being in the real world is no fun sometimes. If we were still in school it wouldn't have been a big deal to skip a day, or three!

Second, I don't know if I have mentioned that I got called to be the second primary music leader in our ward. I say second music leader because there are two primaries in our ward!! yea, its that big. We switch off primaries every other month. Its actually one regular jr and sr primary and then one smaller jr primary in a seperate room.
I have never done a calling like this before. Sure, I was the music leader in releif society but that was nothing compared to this! I didn't have to teach them anything and make sure they knew it in time to sing for the entire ward! Ya, so needless to say I am stressed out almost every week of my life as of late. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE those kids, especially Sr. Primary. They are awesome! But sometimes, after a month of pretty much blank stares and mouth drooling from the jr primary, I am ready to throw in the towel! Is it really fair to give up after only a month? I say, yes...a month is plenty of time to decide that the Lord gave you this calling, not for your benifit, or even for the benifit of others, but mostly for His own enjoyment!
Really though, I do love it most of the time, and there is no way I would just give up on a calling. But it still gets pretty darn hard sometimes!

Third, Eden turned one last week! I can't believe it! It seems like it hasn't been that long to me. When Seth was born it felt like it took forever for him to grow up. Im actually more happy than I thought I would be. I'm not really sad that she's not tiny anymore. Its nice to have her play by herself and feed herself and start walking and talking. The thing I am most excited about though is no more nursing, yea I am done! Its nice to have my boobs back! Well, technically they aren't all they used to be, but at least I get them all to myself again.
Also, she has a really bad rash! I mean, bad! Its actually a recurring rash. She has it for a while, it goes away for a while and then it comes back. I think its a yeast rash and it hurts so bad that she screams and cries and basically freaks out. It breaks my heart to have to change her diaper. We have been using the lotramin and the rash creams and I really think it has to do with yeast in her body that we have to deal with. Maybe no more sugar and some asadopholus (sp?) I don't know. We have an appointment with the doctor tomorrow. I tried to do everything I could before we took her, but it just keeps coming back and I don't think thats normal. I just don't want her to be in pain anymore!

Fourth, Seth has started preschool. I think I may have mentioned that in the last post but its official now! At first he had the hardest time. I think he just wasn't used to having to deal with other kids in a socially accepting way. He has only been around me since we got here almost a year ago. Other than nursery, he hasn't had much social interaction. But he has been doing a lot better lately. We always discuss the good choices he can make while he is in preschool and he eats right before he goes. When he gets hungry, he gets cranky! So its helped a lot. He loves going and I love seeing how much he has learned in just a few short weeks.
I also just filled out an application to the charter school here in Caldwell for him. I know its like a year and a half away before kindergarten, but they have along waiting list. The school is really great and the classes are small. They emphasize (sp? man I cannot spell!) kindness and respect and they have a crazy dress code! The school goes up to ninth grade and you cannot wear anything that has no sleeves or cleavage or belly showing. Shorts and skirts have to be fingertip length and no make up! Weird huh? but pretty cool nonetheless. So its going to be a good place for Seth. I am kind of sad to know that he will soon be big enough to go to kindergarten, but excited at the same time!

Well, thats pretty much all that has been going on. Oh, Nathan had his year review and got a 2000 dollar raise. Not much, he wasn't too happy about it. Its seriously like not even 30 bucks more on our paychecks. Since it boosted his yearly take home to 50,000 it put us in a different tax bracket and now they take out more taxes than they did before. So basically it didn't do jack crap for us. Oh well! They did say they were probably going to be doing another review in a couple of months so, well see how that goes.

Well, we love everyone and miss you guys! I will try to be better about keeping up with my blog and I will be putting up pics and video of Edens birthday! It ws so fun!
P.S. I LOVE YOU JESH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =-)

I love Angela Stone!!!

OK, well, my last post sounded kind of mean and Im sorry if I offended anyone!!! I didn't mean to!!! and this post is for Angela!!!

Today was Seths first official day of Preschool!! It was so fun to see him walk in there with his new outfit and cute little back pack!! and guess what? did I have any film to take a picture!! of course not!! I am such a prepared mom!! not!!! I really hope he does good..because when we went in for the "trial" day, he got in fight with another little boy!! it was soooo sad!! i almost cried! This just goes to prove my piont about how he has been acting..or how I've been acting toward him, which is making him act that way!! Its hard to tell him..don't hit anyone..but if they hit you its ok to defend yourself!! ya right!! like he knows what that means!!! So we had a nice long talk today and hopefully there wont be anymore incidences!!!

So its just me and Eden at home today..kind of quiet! And my house is calling..but I am ignoring it! Although, nathan and I had a big long grown up disscussion about my house work abilities..he seems to be a little frustrated with me! So what if i haven't put my laundry all the way "away" for like a month..at least its clean right?!! =-)
No, I see what he's saying. I do need to work harder..we just bought a house..we want it to be nice! so..I better go and see all the things I need to do to make it that way, and maybe actually DO them!! =-)

Im a bad mom!!!! Actually..just a continually learning one!!

So two bloggs in one day!! Can't say I don't update enough now!! Actually I just posted this same blog on my My Space page... so I thought I would post it here as well! So here it is!!
Our house is still amazing! Though somewhat of a heat sucker! It always seems cold, and we just got our first real gas bill..and let me tell you , I almost had a heart attack!! I couldn't believe it, it was soooo much! So we have decided to just wear more sweaters and pile on the blankets cuz we gotsta turn that heater down!!!! I think the surrealness of home ownership is out the door and reality is settling in, darn!!
My baby girl is going to be one on the 31st and I cannot believe how FAST time has gone. With my son it seemed like it took forever for him to reach this age..but not with her! I just want it to slow down ya know? pretty soon she'll be walking and talking and hating me!! ha ha! maybe not hating me, but the walking and talking part still makes me sad! and happy all at the same time! I'll tell you what, being a mom sure is a jumble of emotions, strong ones too! I really don't know how we do it!! To all you other moms out there reading this...I commend you!! And all those non-moms...just you wait!! =-)

On a more personal note...I have been wondering lately why my son has been so, well, bratty! I know thats a terrible thing to say, but there is really no other word to best describe it. He yells and talks back and does whatever the heck he wants to with no regard for anything Nathan or I say to him. Well, maybe its not that bad...its not all the time, but a lot! I have been contemplating why the sudden change in his behavior. I mean, he is usually a very sweet, obedediant kid, as much as a three year old can be anyway! I have come up with many theories....one, we have moved four times in the last year! Thats hard on a little guy, especially when he had just made some new friends! Two, he just moved from the nursery ( in our church its for the babies 18 months to 3 years old, they basically jusy get to play with toys and have fun!) to sunbeams. No more running around and playing, now he has to sit still and listen to the teacher. I think this has been very hard for him to get used to! In fact he was put in time out in his class this last week because he wouldn't sit still and stop running around!!! Three, ( and this one is the suckiest one of all!!) I was thinking about how I treated him. I mean, how do I handle stressfull situations with him and my daughter? much to my chagrine I realized I do exactly what he does....I yell, talk mean, freak out..ya basically Im a brat! no wonder my child is acting this way..he learned it from me!! I have no excuses..I can't say, well I'm tired or stressed or basically incompetent to be a mother. There is no excuse for the way I handle things. How old am I? Who is the parent? I know how I felt every time we moved, or had to do something that was uncomfortable and new...and my mother hardly, if ever..raised her voice to us..and I can count on one hand...not even needing all the fingers..how many times she spanked me!
So after all of this thinking and realization I have decided to freakin lighten up and go easy on the poor kid! Like I said he is three! I cant expect so much from him that its absolutely rediculous! And I need to find better ways to communicate with and discipline him! I tried sooooo hard today to talk softly and kindly, and to not yell or get angry. I think it was the hardest and most stressfull day to date!! But I feel so much better about the whole thing!! My son was in a way better mood, and although we still had a few rough moments..all in all it was also the best day we've had in a while! Nathan even commented on how better my son was acting..so that means we definitely did something right!!
Ok, so I know this went on forever!!! I really didn't mean for it to! I just needed to vent!! I appreciate all the comments I get on these bloggs you guys!! Its nice to know you have people out there who care about you! I love you guys!!!

I'm not very good at this!

So, according to some people, I do not update my blog frequently enough! Well, all I have to say is " does it not feel like you are basically having a one sided conversation with yourself?! " Not when Im told I dont blog enough, but when I actually do the blogging. I mean, what if no one is really reading this and I am just talking to myself? That would be really sad and pathetic!! So, I haven't really posted in fear of being a total geek!!
Actually, the reality is I just haven't been interested in doing it! And, I haven't had the time.

Fist of all, my whole family got that stomach flu that has been going around! Nathan, then Seth and then me, and I think Eden got it too! She puked all over me in the middle of Charolettes Web..in the theater.. yes it was sick! Though, I actually had it twice!! Stomach pain so bad you can hardly stand it! puking up anything, everything and nothing at the same time!! and other things I won't mention..but are just as gross!! We just barely got over it!!

Second, my family was just in town and so I was entertaining them!! Seven people in one house is a lot!! And as soon as they got home..they were sick too! Right after they left is when I got it the second time! Thanks a lot guys!! =-)

Third, Nathan went out of town this weekend and I was home alone with the two spawns of sa.....I mean the two beautiful, loving sweet babies of mine!! =-) J/k!! They did great! I on the other hand seem to have difficulty dealing with two kids and the stress by myself, with no one to give me a break!! I really don't know how single parents do it!!

So, needless to say, my little family blog has been sent down the list of priorities to close to the bottom!! But today I have a little time...(while my children run, scream, jump and cry all around me) to update every one who I KNOW reads this!! I hope you are happy!! =-) Love you guys!

Its a new year, and resolutions suck!

I was just thinking about it already being 2007. I can't believe it!! I remember in elementary school being excited to write 1994 on the tops of all my papers and trying so hard to remember that it wasn't 1993 any more!! weird!
Anyway, resolutions...Im not so sure about these things! Who thought of spending the fisrt day of the new year deciding to make a goal that you are supposed to stick to for the whole next year..or for the rest of your life!!? Whoever did, was a retard! Not to say that I can't stick to the goals I make, because I can! I stick to it when I decide to finish off the last of the Ice Cream, or make sure the chocolate cake gets eaten and none goes to waste!! Those are pretty important ones too, let me tell ya!
Ok, who am I kidding!! Those arent really goals..just fat inducers. When it comes to real life changing...um..changes, I am no good! I try, sure, but then it gets hard, yada yada..and boom! I fall off the wagon!
So needless to say, this year Im not really making any resolutions...I might sound like a big pansy..but who cares!!
I do want to loose weight, who doesn't? So, I'll be working on that (and a few other things to) But if you ask me, "Ashleigh, what is your news years resolution?" I will either give you a dirty look and the silent treatment....or tell you that this year my resolution was to give every single person who asks me that question a nice big wedgie!!! Your choice!!
Ha Ha!

I know Christmas is over but..

I just wanted to show you what Christmas looks like around our place....

Christmas Suprises

well, since I have spent the last nine posts rambling about nothing (ok, so I freaked out about my video...) I decided I should now talk about my family...since thats what I started this whole thing for anyway!!

So this year for Christmas Nathan and I decided that we would just get stocking stuffers for each other and no gifts, since our house was our gift. I spent forever trying to get little things that he might like, books (which I ordered online and didn't get here until..yesterday!!) some hunting things..socks of course, a Jeff Foxyworthy video about hunting, and my most precious video I made him and stuck onto a cd. I thought I was doing pretty good, since we didn't have much money and really..what can you get thats cool that fits in a stocking? Not much. I probably took the whole month of December trying to figure out what to get him. And when Christmas day came he actually seemed to like most of it..which is a big deal. If any of you know my husband..hes a little picky about things..to say the least!! So, when the time came for me to look in my stocking..I found one pair of socks and the movie While You Were Sleeping (which I love by the way!) but I thought to myself.."thats it?"(terrible huh?!!) I knew he hadn't gone shopping for me until the night before Christmas eve and I was a little bit dissapointed..which I really shouldn't have been since I was sitting on the floor of a beautiful new house..but still...

So then there was this really big present that I thought I had wrapped that was for Nates parents (who spent Christmas with us) from one of their daughters and I kept trying to get Nates Sister to give it to them but Nate wouldn't let her!! I was getting a little upset because I swore it was theirs!! Turns out..It wasn't. It was a present for me from Nate. It was the coveted scanner that I had been wanting forever!!! I couldn't believe it! And do you think I felt bad for being dissapointed earlier? And do you think I felt like I didn't do enough for him? You bet! He always does this!! We talk about not doing something, and then he goes and does it anyway!! So here are the cute pictures of the kids that I have that I couldn't send anyone..because I didn't have a scanner to scan them in and email them!! I love that boy..he always goes above and beyond for his wifey-poo!!

Last post I swear!! Is anyone even reading this?

Ok, so I just wanted to point out that the other video on Jesh and Brookes blog labeled, "is forever enough" is another video I made for my parents. It features Seth, Eden and my nephew Christian!! Its pretty cute if you want to check it out!!